Lamp socket



Feb. 16, 1960 R. w. FRASER LAMP SOCKET Filed June 27, 1957 \NVENTOR. RZEFR \CI-PFRASER, BY

ATTORNEY.

LAMB SOCKET Robert Fraser, Waltham, Mass., assignorto United- Carr Fastener Corporation, -Cambridge, Mass.,a' corporationofDelaware I Application June 27, 1957, Serial No.668,566 r This invention relates to-a lamp socket assembly and more particularly to a lamp socket adapted for snap fastener engagement with a semi-circular support and aims generally to improve existing socketsof this type.

a control panel is provided with means for illuminating.

the various timing and control instruments. These panels are usually constructed of thin metal and. difficulty ,and 24 lies a:shoulder portion 40 one face of the. support 18. v 7 g "The open end 34 of the1hous1ng-20 is p'rovidedwith an inner recess 42 adapted to receive in snap engagement 2,925,488 Patented Feb. 1 6, 19 60 ice Adjacent its open end, the housing 20 is provided with successive collars 22 and 24 having a taper running. toward, the openend 34, the inner collar24 spaced'fron'r a the housing 20 providing a recess '39 into which the col-". I

lar';24ymay contract, and intermediate the two flanges 22 therewith a glass lens 44 which will effectively seal the open; end 34. v

. To assemblethe socket, the lighting elements 36 with.

the wires 38 permanentlyattached thereto is inserted into the open 'en'dl34 so that the wires protrude out of the apertured'base 30. The glass lensl44 is snapped into engagement with the recess 42. The socket assembly is then'snapped into the semicircular-opening 16, thereby "x'jengaging the support panel 18. by'pressing the resilient In many types of electrical stoves, a housing forming.

has been experienced in the retention of lamp sockets o'f the. push-in type due to the thinness, of these panels with the resulting misalignment of cover panels.

A primary object of this invention is the provisionof a lamp socket assembly adapted for sideways insertion into a semi-circular aperture formed in the housing.

Another object of this invention is toprovide a one piece lamp socket which may be molded integral with the attaching elements. I

A further object of this invention is to provide a lamp socket of improved and simplified construction having a semi-circularopening 16, resulting in the collar 24con- -tracting inwardly toward the recess 39. The -,edges 14 I at the semi-circular opening 16 comprise an are of lesser diameter thanthe diameter of the collar 24 as shownfin' Fig. 4, while the diameter of the aperture isof asizeto retain the collar 24 s'etm'relyin position as -shown Fig. 3."

During t hejassembly'operation, the collar 24'is compressed by the, edges 14fat the aperture 16 until it has passed: therethrough and has-cleared the edges thereof at whichlt im'e it snaps outwardly within the" main body of the opening 16. In thisjposition,"'the shoulder portion 7 abuts the outer face of the support 18 and together one piece housing formed of a semi-resilient material which may be assembled with the lighting elements prior to insertion into a support.

Other objects of this invention'will, inpart, be obvious, 1"

and will, in part, appear hereinafter.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of a lamp socket Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig.3 showing the socket V partly inserted into the application plate;

Referring to the drawings, 'Ithe, numera1"- 12:designates a lamp socket assembly adapted for snap fastener in the device without departing from the scope of the with the tapered collar 24 prevents the socket from moving in an axial direction.

Since certain other obvious modifications may be made ous resilient collar of substantially constant diameter ad- 7 jacentone end of said body having innerjand'outer walls surrounding said body in substantially equi-spacedrelationship thereto, a'shoulder means adjacent one end of engagement with the edges 14 of a segmentof acircular opening 16 in a support panel 18. The1support18 may a be a portion of a. stove or thelike and the socket;as

sembly 12 is designed to snap into side therewith. 7

Generally described, the socket assembly comprises a; one piece housing 20 having tapering collarsll and 24 er ivi on one end thereof and collaterally. spaced apertures 26 and28 formed in the bases The housing 20 is made'of a thermoplastic res lient material, preferably nylon or thelike, and comprises a tubular housing 20 having an open'end 34 for reception of the lamp element 36 and a closed base 30 apertured said resilient collar whereit; joins: said body, the outer wall of said-' collar divergingfrom its connection with 50,.

said shouldermean's', saidcollar'adapted for resilient engagement with anotchi on the edgeof a panel,*said notch cqmpfrising' a segmentof a curve slightly more than 2.{ A n electrical lamp socket in accordance with claim" 2,448,606 f .Linton= Sept. 7, 1943 2,621,283: Johnson- Dec.9,1952

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adapted-to abut against:

wherein. the notch comprises the segment of a circle j havinga range inore than 180 and less than 360.

' Hadley an. Apr. 15, 1941 'Dec. 11, 1955 f 

